Dr. Shute's Class Website

Dear Parents and Students,Welcome to 4th Grade! Our hope is that this year will be a positive and exciting continuation of your child's educational experience. Fourth grade is an exciting year that will focus on technology and 21st Century learning skills.This year will go so quickly and as we begin this journey together, please know that we are partners and I am happy to answer any questions and concerns you may have along the way. I am a teacher who believes in the partnership of parents, students and teachers and together we can make this an amazing learning year! I am also a teacher who believes 100% in your child's potential to learn and thrive in school.This website is an invaluable tool for you to use to find out what's going on in your child's class. You can check the homework, sight words, book lists, educational website links, classroom supply lists and much more! We hope you find this helpful.

Yours truly,

Carleen Shute, PhD

Visit the tabs in the website for additional information on the curriculum, ways to help your child succeed in school, math resources, homework information and Star Student.Sight Word resource: http://www.cookie.com/games/viewallgames.htmlReading ResourcesVisit these websites for reading resources.

Tesoro uses SRI a Lexile reading based program that allows students to be assessed for lexile reading level then read books within that level and then take a comprehension quiz on that book. This website allows you to find books by Lexile level: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/reading-level-reading-books-lexile/search.asp.Accelerated Reader book lists: www.arbookfind.com/ and www.renlearn.com/store/. The Renlearn website is on the AR handout you recently received. Happy reading!